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The Beatles Songs - My Favorite Kind Of Music

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You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one... Welcome to my lens about The Beatles songs!

 

There were probably many bands that created and recorded more songs that The Beatles did. But no other pop band or solo artist has ever had greater impact on the society and culture than the famous "Fab Four" from Liverpool, England - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.


Are you one of their faithful fans like I am? If yes, then this lens is for you! Enjoy - let's take the Magical Mystery Tour and bring back the memories of our favorite band. I guarantee you that we'll have a lot of fun here... Like in those old days we'll be voting again for the best Beatles songs and albums. Do you remember which song you loved most to dance to on the disco parties? In my case it was "Oh! Darling", or was it "Imagine"?


Well, as ForeskinEnterprises noted in the Guestbook, "Imagine" was not exactly a pure Beatles song (I'm very happy to have such knowledgeable readers!). Of course, it was only a John Lennon's song, but it is one of the most popular songs by any of The Beatles boys and possibly one of the most-loved songs ever written. And it gained even more popularity recently thanks to the interesting cover by American Idol's David Archuleta (will he win this year?).

Still, in this lens I will concentrate mostly on the songs recored by ALL of the Beatles - together as the band - and we'll be voting here only on such songs and albums.


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I can't believe it but already 40 years have past since we were twisting and shouting. Ever since Al Gore (well, I mean - Tim Berners-Lee, actually...) invented the Internet, I've always wanted to have my own online version of Billboard's list of my most favorite The Beatles songs - so that all of my friends, my online visitors and I too could vote for the Fab Four's songs.

Thanks to the latest present from Seth Godin and His Squidoo All-Star Band we are able to do that by using the plexo module! Thanks, guys, for giving us the ticket to ride... 

Ilona

P.S. I used a number of the titles of The Beatles songs for the subheadings on this lens. As a Beatles fan, can you find them? If you do, write about in my Guestbook. Thanks a lot!

  [Photo credit - cover of "Let It Be" album available from Amazon.com]

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The Beatles - The Greatest Artists of All Time

Rolling Stone magazine ranked The Beatles #1 on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004)

Table of Contents - The Beatles Goodies You'll Find In This Lens 

"The Beatles Songs" lens has won 1st Runner Up for Lens of the Year, 2007!!! 

Thanks to everybody who've made this such great success -- we've just won the 1st Runner Up Award in Lens of the Year 2007 Contest for "The Beatles Songs - My Favorite Kind Of Music"!



"Out of over a quarter of a million lenses, yours stands out as one of the best. Please accept our congratulations... Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for making Squidoo the awesome place it is!" [~Kimberly Dawn Wells, Community Organizer at Squidoo]



I would like to say "Big Thanks" to the dozens of my fans who voted for this lens. I also want to thank Jack C. Lee for nominating my lens and Kimberly for organizing this fascinating contest.

Thanks again to All!

Finally - my sincere congratulations go to Karendelac -- for winning the Lens of the Year 2007 Award with "RMS Titanic, Ship of Dreams". Karen, you're a true Master and your winning lens is one of the best ever created.

Bravo, Karen!

~Ilona


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The Beatles #1 Songs 

This listing of the number one songs by The Beatles is based on the album "1" that was compiled by producer George Martin and the (then) three surviving members of the band. It includes 27 songs that went to number-one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer charts and/or the United States on the Billboard magazine charts , with the following minor exceptions. The song "For You Blue" was listed in Billboard chart compilations at #1, as a Double A-sided single with "The Long and Winding Road", but Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and didn't promote it as an A-side. Meanwhile, "Day Tripper" was included on 1, since it charted at #1 in the UK as a double A side with "We Can Work It Out", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was #1.
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1. "Love Me Do"
Released in the UK on October 5, 1962, and in the U.S. on April 27, 1964, where it reached #1 in the U.S. for 1 week on May 30. This is the version released in the U.S. with Andy White on drums and Ringo Starr on tambourine.
2. "From Me to You"
Released on April 11, 1963 in the UK and reached #1 on May 2, where it stayed for 7 weeks.
3. "She Loves You"
Released in the UK on August 23, 1963, where it stayed at #1 for 6 weeks, then again on November 28. Released in the U.S. on September 16, 1963, and went to #1 for two weeks on March 21, 1964.
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Released in the U.S. on December 26, 1963, it reached #1 for 7 weeks between February 1 and March 20, 1964. Released in the UK on November 29, 1963 and stayed at #1 for 5 weeks.
5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
Released on March 20, 1964 in the UK and on March 16, 1964 in the U.S.. The song reached #1 for three weeks in the UK on April 2, 1964. The song went to #1 in the U.S. for 5 weeks on April 4, 1964.
6. "A Hard Day's Night"
The song reached #1 in the UK for 3 weeks on July 23, 1964 and was #1 for 2 weeks in the U.S. on August 1, 1964.
7. "I Feel Fine"
The song stayed at #1 for 5 weeks in the UK starting on December 10, 1964, and reached #1 in the U.S. on December 26, 1964.
8. "Eight Days a Week"
Released on February 15, 1965 in the U.S., where it went to #1 for 2 weeks on March 13, 1965.
9. "Ticket to Ride"
The song, released there on April 9, 1965 in the UK, was #1 for 3 weeks on April 22, 1965. The song was released in the U.S. on April 19, 1965, reaching #1 for 1 week on May 22, 1965.
10. "Help!"
Released on July 23, 1965 in the UK, it reached #1 for 3 weeks on August 5, 1965. In the U.S., it was released on July 19, 1965, reaching #1 for 3 weeks on September 4, 1965.
More The Beatles #1 songs
Items 11 to 27 - see them all on Wikipedia

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David Archuleta singing "Imagine" when he was 13! 

His "Imagine" performance on American Idol is no longer available, but you can see another great performance by David - below

David Archuleta "Imagine"

This is David Archuleta singing "Imagine" at the age of 13. David is now 17 for the people in my comments that got confused and thought he was 13 now. DAVID IS 17!! This guy is amazing and im voting for David 100% to win american idol. I said 110% at first and then people said I would cheat because that is an extra 10%. First off there is no way too cheat on the voting. I vote for David as many times as I can get through the phone lines. The second week of David on American Idol when he did "Imagine" I got through and voted for David 50 times. :) Well I hope I cleared things up and keep voting for David everyweek if you like him. Thank You all that has left sweet and nice comments here for David. You know who you all are. Once Again Thank You All So Very Much. :)

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And here he's singing a The Beatles song (their last #1!) on American Idol 

American Idol - David Archuleta - The Long and Winding Road

American Idol Top 11 David Archuleta sings "The Long and Winding Road" by the beatles.

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The Beatles Record Records 

Why The Beatles Were The Best

  • The best-selling musical group of all time - with over one billion discs and tapes sold worldwide.
  • The most multi-platinum selling albums for any artist or musical group (thirteen in the U.S. alone).
  • Six (most) diamond-selling albums (10 million copies): Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, Abbey Road, The Beatles: 1962-1966, The Beatles: 1967-1970, and The Beatles 1
  • More number one albums than any other group (19 in the U.S. and 15 in the United Kingdom).
  • Spent the highest number of weeks at number one in the albums chart (174 in the UK and 132 in the U.S.).
  • The most successful first week of sales for a double album (The Beatles Anthology Volume 1, which sold 855,473 copies in the U.S. from 21 November to 28 November 1995).
  • The fastest selling CD of all time with 1. It sold over 13 million copies in four weeks.[109]
  • More number one singles than any other musical group (23 in Australia, 23 in The Netherlands, 22 in Canada, 21 in Norway, 20 in the U.S., and 18 in Sweden).
  • Lennon and McCartney are the most successful songwriters in history, with 32 number one singles in the U.S. for McCartney, and 26 for Lennon (23 of which were written together). Lennon was responsible for 29 Number One singles in the UK, and McCartney was responsible for 28 (25 of which were written together).
  • During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held twelve positions on Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, including the top five positions, which has never been accomplished by any other artist. The songs were "Can't Buy Me Love" (Capitol Records), "Twist and Shout" (Tollie Records), "She Loves You" (Swan Records), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Capitol), and "Please Please Me" (Vee-Jay). The next week, 11 April 1964, the Beatles held fourteen positions on the Billboard Hot 100. Before the Beatles, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the Hot 100 was nine (by Elvis Presley, 19 December 1956).
  • The only artist to have 'back-to-back-to-back' number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 in the modern chart era. Their "Can't Buy Me Love" single supplanted "She Loves You", which had in turn taken the #1 spot from "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
  • "Yesterday" is the most covered song in history, appearing in the Guinness Book of Records with over three thousand recorded versions. It is also the most played song in the history of international radio.
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the fastest selling single of all time. The song sold 250,000 units within three days in the U.S., one million in 2 weeks. (Additionally, it sold 10,000 copies per hour in New York City alone for the first 20 days.)
  • "Can't Buy Me Love" had the largest number of advance orders for a single, at 2.1 million copies in the U.S. for (it sold 940,225 copies on its first day of release in the U.S. alone).
  • Appear five times in the top 100 best-selling singles in the UK. No other group appears more than twice.
  • Source: Wikipedia.

LET'S VOTE FOR OUR FAVORITE BEATLES STUFF!... Vote and find out if other Beatles fans agree with you! 

I don't know about you - how much you like following the Billboard Hot Lists, Top Songs, Top Albums, Top Artists, etc. I've been listening to the radio presentations of various Billboard countdowns since I was a very little girl - introduced to that exciting pastime by my father who was a great fan of The Beatles himself (he also liked "Satchmo" - Louis Armstrong).

And now, having my own The Beatles Countdown is a dream come true! Please help me to celebrate this beautiful moment with me and let's vote in the following The Beatles categories:

Please also vote "Yes" or "No" if you think The Beatles are the greatest artists of all time or not ...

Thanks a lot! Please give me some feedback about the design of this lens and how I could it the best place for The Beatles fans to come and see which of the songs and albums are the most popular. Please vote on my work by giving me rating stars - they are on the top of this page... I would love lots of five-star ratings from all of you - The Beatles followers!

Thanks a lot for visiting this lens and for voting!

Ilona

[Photo credit - cover of "Abbey Road" album available from Amazon.com]

This Lens About Beatles Music Was Voted "Baby Boomer Lens" For The Week Of August 17, 2007 

Big thanks to timefortravel for the nomination and congrats for your fifth winning pick.

And huge thanks to all The Beatles fans for voting for this lens!

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The Beatles Top 15 - Ilona's The Beatles Countdown. Vote For Your Favorite The Beatles Song! 

Please Please Me and Don't Let Me Down - vote for your favorite The Beatles song and come back after a while to see which song is on the top...

When you click on any of the title, you'll be taken to the Wikipedia where you'll find everything about each song. Big thanks to the Wikipedia contributors! By the way, I'm showing here only Top 15, but there are more songs in the waiting room... Not enough space for all the goodies! For the comments, I'm using here quotes from one of my favorite The Beatles books (I got it as a Christmas present some years ago...) - The Beatles - Illustrated Lyrics, still available at Amazon.

#1

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Here Comes the Sun

From The Beatles album Abbey Road, this song is a more...24 points

#2

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

From The White Album, written by George Harrison i more...19 points

#3

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Hey Jude

Paul: "It was going to be 'Hey Jules', but it more...18 points

#4

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Let It Be

John: "It was hell making the film Let It be. more...17 points

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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

The first pop recording to use the sitar - the exo more...13 points

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Yesterday

Written by Paul, it has the most cover versions of more...11 points

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All You Need Is Love

#1 on Aug. 19, 1967 (1 week). Recorded at Abbey Ro more...11 points

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A Day in the Life

From Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, more...9 points

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Something

From Abbey Road album. It was the first song writt more...8 points

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With a Little Help from My Friends

Ringo: "You know I'm not very good at singing more...5 points

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Michelle

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Poor Paul... All that messy (and wet!) divorce with Heather...

 

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But it's finally over... It cost Paul £25million, BUT he has a new girlfriend - do you know who's she? 

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The Beatles - Rock, Rock'n'roll, Pop? Oh, simply classic... 

An excellent presentation of The Beatles - their history, musical evolution, influence on other musicians and popular culture in general can be found in the popular Wikipedia article - The Beatles.

This well-researched article also contains official discography, song catalogues, information on number one singles, information about the films they made and other projects (e.g., "Anthology" and "Love" - the famous Las Vegas production by Cirque du Soleil).

The best books on The Beatles are listed, as well as interesting external links - among them The Beatles' London, The Beatles line-ups, The Beatles trivia, Beatles Interview Database (enormous listing with lots of funny stuff! - not only interviews... called "the ultimate historical Beatles resource"), The Beatle Timeline - excellent resource! - and much more.

This Beatles Wikipedia site also offers links to audio resources that will certainly make happy The Beatles fans, especially the song samples.

There is much more on Wikipedia about The Beatles and their music - for instance each of their albums is thoroughly covered (e.g., "Rubber Soul"), as well as their most popular songs (e.g., "Hey Jude"). Each member of The Beatles also has his own Wikipedia page (e.g. George Harrison).

 

  [Photo credits - above: cover of "Rubber Soul ", below: cover of "A Hard Day's Night " - albums available from Amazon.com]

The Beatles Discography - Rhapsody Online 

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The Beatles portal at Wikipedia 

Provides plenty of interesting information related to The Beatles

Wikipedia's The Beatles article or rather a Wikipedia category is just one of many parts of The Beatles portal - a group project by the band's fans to improve information on The Beatles. Other categories are: The Beatles albums, The Beatles songs, The Beatles' children, The Beatles' wives and Apple Records.

Here is an interesting listing of The Beatles' children compiled by Wikipedia contributors:

  • Dhani Harrison (1978) - son of George Harrison and Olivia Trinidad Arias
  • Julian Lennon (1963) - son of John Lennon and Cynthia Powell
  • Sean Ono Lennon (1975) - son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  • John Ono Lennon II (1968) - unborn baby of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  • children of Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney: Heather McCartney (1963; adopted by Paul, from Linda's previous marriage), Mary McCartney (1969), Stella McCartney (1971) and James Louis McCartney (1977)
  • Beatrice Milly McCartney (2003) - daughter of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills McCartney
  • children of Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox: Zak Starkey (1965), Jason Starkey (1967), and Lee Starkey (1970).

Some of them are following the footsteps of their famous and extremely talented fathers and are also successful in making music. For example, Zak Starkey is a well-respected drummer who's been playing with two famous English rock 'n' roll bands - The Who and Oasis. Stella McCartney is a famous (and rich) fashion designer and photographer.

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The Beatles - "Let It Be" - recording of the famous album - from YouTube 


The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

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The Beatles News 

News about the The Beatles, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

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Vote for your favorite The Beatles album 

All (almost) The Beatles albums on CD - from Amazon 

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